05856nam 2200697 450 991078639540332120230721044912.03-03813-229-2(CKB)2670000000348168(EBL)1869199(SSID)ssj0000760504(PQKBManifestationID)12317808(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000760504(PQKBWorkID)10714974(PQKB)11015895(Au-PeEL)EBL1869199(CaPaEBR)ebr10828903(OCoLC)897070512(MiAaPQ)EBC1869199(EXLCZ)99267000000034816820090608h20082008 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMining smartness from nature proceedings of symposium E "Mining smartness from nature" of CIMTEC 2008 - 3rd International Conference "Smart Materials, Structures and Systems", held in Acireale, Sicily, Italy, June 8-13 2008 /edited by Pietro Vincenzini, Salvatore GrazianiStafa-Zuerich, Switzerland ;UK :Trans Tech Publications Ltd,[2008]©20081 online resource (291 p.)Advances in science and technology ;volume 58Vol. 5 of 8 volumes from the 3rd International Conference "Smart Materials, Structures and Systems".3-908158-24-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Mining Smartness from Nature; Committees; Preface; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1: ALGORITHMS, MECHANISMS AND STRUCTURES IN NATURE AS INSPIRATION TO MIMICKING; Spider Silk as an Inspiration for Biomimicking; Approaches to the Construction of the Minimal Cell; Flight Control of an Insect; Investigating the Thrust Production of a Myliobatoid-Inspired Oscillating Wing; Deployable Structures in Plants; A Bat-Wing Aircraft Using the Smart Joint Mechanism; Analysis and Optimization-Based Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms; CHAPTER 2: BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; Fractals to Model Hierarchical BiomaterialsNew Fabrication Process of Nano-Composites by Biomimetic ApproachGecko Inspired Suit Could Have you Climbing the Wall; Effective Impregnation of SiO2 Sol-Gel Solution in Pine Wood and Following Gel Localization in Free Cell Volume; CHAPTER 3: BIO-INSPIRED SENSORS AND ACTUATORS; Bioelectronic Detection Schemes for Biomedical and Environmental Sensing; Towards Biocompatible Sensing Devices: An IPMC Based Artificial Vestibular System; Double Layer Sensor Reproducing Perception Dynamics of Olfactory Cells; Determining the Binaural Signals in Bat EcholocationGenerating Bio-Analogous Recognition of Artificial Materials - Sensors and Electronic Noses for OdoursA pH-Activated Biomimetic Actuator Derived from McKibben Artificial Muscle Structure; Mining Smartness from the Hydraulic System of Spiders: A Bioinspired Actuator for Advanced Applications; CHAPTER 4: BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED SYSTEMS AND ROBOTICS; Towards In Vivo Nanomachines; Neuromimetic Robots Inspired by Insect Vision; CPG Control of a Tensegrity Morphing Structure for Biomimetic Applications ; Biorobots, Nonlinear Dynamics and PerceptionAnthropomorphic Talking Robot Based on Human Biomechanical StructureCyborg MAVs Using Power Harvesting and Behavioral Control Schemes; Multi-UUVs Team Line Formation Control by a Behaviour-Based Method with Fuzzy Logic Adapters; Fabrication and Evaluation of Biomimetic Jellyfish Robot Using IPMC; The Nano and Micromanipulators Based on Magnetic Bacterium; CHAPTER 5: BIOMIMETIC FLOW CONTROL IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS AND ITS APPLICATION TO BIOINSPIRED AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; Vortex Method for the Analysis of Complex, Unsteady and Vortical Flows around a Swimming FishUnderstanding the Hydrodynamics of Swimming: From Fish Fins to Flexible Propulsors for Autonomous Underwater VehiclesReverse Engineering of Self-Propelled Anguilliform Swimmers; An Exploration of Passive and Active Flexibility in Biolocomotion through Analysis of Canonical Problems; Modeling the Dynamics of Human Swimming; Geometric Mechanics and Aquatic Locomotion through Vortex Shedding; Vortex Rings in Bio-Inspired and Biological Jet Propulsion; Fluid-Structure Interactions in Pelagic Trawls and Probable Consequences for the Selectivity of the Fishing Gear; Hammerhead - A Vision Guided AUVRobustness of Biomimetic Underwater Vehicles under DisturbancesThe 37 peer-reviewed papers making up this collection together present a wealth of up-to-date information on, ""Mining Smartness from Nature"". The papers are grouped into the following chapters: 1: Algorithms, mechanisms and structures in nature as an inspiration to mimicking; 2: Biomimetic materials; 3: Bio-inspired sensors and actuators; 4: Biologically inspired systems and robotics; 5: Biomimetic flow control in aquatic systems and its application to bioinspired autonomous underwater vehicles. This special volume has also been published online in the series, ""Advances in Science and TechnAdvances in science and technology (Faenza, Italy) ;58.Smart materialsCongressesSmart structuresCongressesSmartnessMiningNatureCIMTECSmart materialsSmart structures620.11Vincenzini P.1939-19040Graziani Salvatore1471337International Conference on "Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems"(3rd :2008 :Acireale, Italy),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786395403321Mining smartness from nature3683610UNINA